Publisher's Synopsis
 
The Ingoldsby Legends is a collection of myths, legends, and ghost stories, written by Thomas Ingoldsby. The work contains well-known stories such as The Hand-Book of A Hundred Points and The Specter of Tappington, and is known for its playful, witty and sarcastic style.
 
Richard Bentley & Son; 1882. Edinburgh edition.  With fifty illustrations by Cruikshank, Leech, Tenniel, Barham, Du Maurier, etc.  Leather bound, hardcover. Rugby School round gilt shield to front cover. Gilt decoration to spine with five raised bands. Red label to top of spine with title in gilt letters.  Top and bottom of spine shows shelf wear. Outer guttering back and front scuffed. Corners rubbed. Marbled end papers and marbling to edges of text block which is slightly faded. Book plate to front paste down dated 1889.  Frontispiece depicting ' The Spectre of Tappington'.  Preface to the second edition to Richard Bentley esq. Binding tight.  Pre-owned. No ISBN.